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India's 1000th ODI - Highest Scores, Most Runs, Most Wickets, Total Captains, Highest Partnership, Most Catches
From Ajit Wadekar's team in 1974 to KL Rahul's in 2022, India's ODI side has had a topsy-turvy journey over the years. Here's a look at some statistical highlights of India's record in this format ahead of their 1000th match.
The Indian cricket team (Source: Indian cricket team)
Hosts India will play their 1000th ODI at the picturesque Narendra Modi stadium when they take on the West Indies in the lung opener of the three-match series on Sunday. India have so far played 999 ODIs and have recorded 518 victories. They have suffered 431 defeats, while nine matches have ended in ties. 41 matches had no result.
Some Important Statistics
*Highest total – 418/5 in 50 overs vs WI at Indore on December 8, 2011
*Lowest total – 54 all out in 26.3 overs vs SL at Sharjah on October 29, 2000.
*Largest victory – by 257 runs vs Bermuda at Port of Spain on March 19, 2007
*Smallest victory – by 1 run vs NZ at Wellington on March 6, 1990; by 1 run vs SL at Colombo (RPS) on July 25, 1993; by 1 run vs SA at Jaipur on February 21, 2010; by 1 run vs SA at Johannesburg on January 15, 2011.
*Most matches - Sachin Tendulkar - 463
*Most runs – Sachin Tendulkar – 18,426 runs
*Highest Individual score – Rohit Sharma 264 vs SL at Kolkata on Nov 13, 2014
*Most Hundreds – Sachin Tendulkar – 49
*Most fifties – Sachin Tendulkar – 96
*Most ducks (zeros) – Sachin Tendulkar – 20
*Most runs in a series – Sachin Tendulkar – 673 – 2003 WC in SA
*Highest SR – Zaheer Khan – 290.0 versus Zim at Jodhpur on December 8, 2000
*Most wickets – Anil Kumble 334 wickets
*Best bowling figures – Stuart Binny – 6/4 vs Ban at Mirpur on June 17, 2014
*Most wickets in a series – Zaheer Khan – 21 wickets – World Cup 2011
*Most runs conceded - Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/106 vs SA in Mumbai on Oct 25, 2015
*Most dismissals by a WK– MS Dhoni – 438 (318 catches, 120 stumpings)
*Most dismissals by a WK in match– MS Dhoni – 6 (5 catches, 1 stumping) versus England at Leeds on September 2, 2007
*Most dismissals in a series by a WK – MS Dhoni – 21 (19 catches, 2 stumpings) – Commonwealth Bank Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia) in 2007/08
*Most catches – M Azharuddin – 156 catches
*Most catches in a series – VVS Laxman - 12 – VB Series (Australia, India, Zimbabwe) 2003/04
*Highest partnership by wicket
1st – 258 – Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly versus Kenya at Paarl (South Africa) on October 24, 2001
2nd – 331 – Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid – versus New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan) on November 8, 1999
3rd – 237* - Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar – versus Kenya at Bristol on May 23, 1999
4th – 275* M Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja versus Zimbabwe at Cuttack on April 9, 1998
5th – 223 – M Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja versus Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS) on August 17, 1997
6th – 160 – Ambati Rayudu and Stuart Binny versus Zimbabwe at Harare on July 10, 2015
7th – 125* - Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin versus Pakistan at Chennai on December 30, 2012
8th - 100* - Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar versus Sri Lanka at Pallekele on August 24, 2017
9th – 126* - Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani – versus Zimbabwe at Turnbridge Wells on June 18, 1983
10th 64 – Harbhajan Singh and L Balaji versus England at The Oval on September 3, 2004
Highest partnership – 331 for second wicket – versus New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan) on November 8, 1999.
*Most matches as captain – Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 200 (110 won, 75 lost, 5 tied and 11 no result).
List of captains:
Ajit Wadekar – 1974-1974 - 2 matches – lost both
S Venkatraghavan – 1975-1979 – 7 matches – one won, lost six
Bishan Singh Bedi – 1976-78 – 4 matches – one won, lost three
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar – 1980-85 – 37 matches – 14 won, 21 lost, 2 no result
GR Viswanath – 1981-1981 -1 match – one lost
N Kapil Dev – 1982-87 – 74 matches – 39 wins, 33 losses, 2 no result
Syed Kirmani – 1983-83 – 1 match, 1 lost
Mohinder Amarnath – 1984-84 – 1 match – 1 no result
Ravi Shastri – 1987-1991 – 11 matches – 4 won, 7 lost
Dilip Vengsarkar – 1987-1989 – 18 matches – 8 won, 10 lost
K Srikkanth – 1989-1989 – 13 matches – 4 won, 8 lost and 1 NR
M Azharuddin – 1990-1999 – 174 matches – 90 won, 76 lost, 2 tied and 6 NR
Sachin Tendulkar – 1996-2000 – 73 matches – 23 won, 43 lost, 1 tied, 6 NR
Ajay Jadeja – 1998-1999 – 13 matches – 8 won, 5 lost
Sourav Ganguly – 1999-2005 – 146 matches – 76 won, 65 lost, , 5 no result
Rahul Dravid – 2000-2007 – 79 matches – 42 won, 33 lost, 4 no result
Anil Kumble – 2002-2002 – 1 match, 1 won
Virender Sehwag – 2003-2012 – 12 matches, 7 won, 5 lost
MS Dhoni – 2007-2018 – 200 matches – 110 won, 74 lost, 5 tied, 11 NR
Suresh Raina – 2010-2014 – 12 matches – 6 won, 5 lost, 1 NR
Gautam Gambhir - 2010-2011 – 6 matches – 6 won
Virat Kohli – 2013-2021 95 matches – 65 won, 27 lost, 1 tied, 2 NR
Ajinkya Rahane – 2015-2015 – 3 matches – 3 won
Rohit Sharma – 2017-2019 – 10 matches – 8 won, 2 lost
Shikhar Dhawan – 2021-2021 – 3 matches, 2 won and 1 lost
KL Rahul - 2022-2022 – 3 matches - 3 lost.
